Antonio Tarver last fought Dec 2014 where he defeated Johnathon Banks by knockout in the seven round. He has won four bouts in a round since losing in 2009 against Chad Dawson twice. Steve Cunningham is coming off a lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov this past March where lost by UD over twelve rounds, scores : judges: Sylvain Leblanc 112-116, Alex Levin 113-115, Pasquale Procopio 112-116.

In the co-main event is Marco Huck vs Krzysztof Glowacki for the WBO World cruiserweight title scheduled for twelve rounds.